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'''Somebody Else's Problem''' (also known as ''Someone else's problem'' or ''SEP'') is an effect that causes people to ignore matters which are generally important to a group but may not seem specifically important to the individual. Author [[Douglas Adams]] description of the effect, which he ascribed to a physical "SEP field", has helped to make it a generally recognised phenomenon. The label is now widely used to focus public attention on matters that may have been overlooked. It | '''Somebody Else's Problem''' (also known as ''Someone else's problem'' or ''SEP'') is an effect that causes people to ignore matters which are generally important to a group but may not seem specifically important to the individual. Author [[Douglas Adams]] description of the effect, which he playfully ascribed to a physical "SEP field", has helped to make it a generally recognised phenomenon. The label is now widely used to focus public attention on matters that may have been overlooked and, less commonly, to identify concerns that a depressed individual should ignore. It has also been employed as trivial shorthand to describe factors that are "out of scope" in the current context.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://meetings.informs.org/Conf/Miami2001//TALKS/Sponsor-25.html |title=INFORMS Miami 2001 Annual Meeting - TB18.2 Minisum Location with Closest Euclidean Distances |accessdate=2008-06-07}}</ref> | ||
==SEP and Psychology== | ==SEP and Psychology== | ||